Bicycle license-tag.



No. 645,390. Patented Mar. 13,1900.

- J. E. FISHER.

BICYCLE LICENSE TAG.

(Application filed June 26, 1899.]

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT 'mce.

BICYCLE LICENSE-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,390, dated March is, leoo;

Application filed Tune 26, 1899. Serial No, 721,884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it mcty'concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle License-Tags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in license-tags for bicycles.

The object of the invention is to produce a license-tag which may readily be secured to most any make of bicycle, is rigidly secured in place, requiring the aid of tools for its removal, is inexpensive, and is in conspicuous position for inspection.

To that end it consists in the arrangement of a thin metal plate having an orifice at its lower end to receive the pin or' axle of the front wheel and engaging prongs at its upper end for engagement with the fork side.

The invention further consists in other details of its arrangement, all of which I will now proceed to definitely describe and then point out in the claims that which I believe to be novel.

In the drawings, Figure l is a detail view showing my improved license-tag as secured to the fork side of a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a detail edge View of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the same, taken through the line X X. Fig. 4 is a diagram of my improvement as stamped before bending, and Fig. 5 isa diagram of a modified form of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a thin metal plate upon which space is afforded for any suitable lettering or figures. At the upper end of the plate 1 are out two projecting prongs 2 2, and in the lower end of the plate 1 is cut a circular hole or orifice. Extending below this orifice 3 (see Fig. 4) is the portion 4., in which an elongated opening 5 is cut.

To place this tag in position upon a bicycle, one of the nuts securing the front wheel on the fork side is removed and the fork side sufficiently sprung to permit the opening 5 of the tag to be placed over the pin or axle of the wheel on the inside of the fork. The tag or plate is then given a return-bend, so as to have its orifice 3 register wit-h the axle-hole cut in the end of the fork side. The axle is then permitted to return to its position in the fork, thus protruding through the hole 5, thenthrough the hole in the fork side, and then through the hole 3 of the tag. The securingnut first removed is now threaded down against the tag, firmly holding it in position at this point, the tag resting parallel with the fork side, as seen in the drawings. After securing the tag at its lower end, as just described, the projecting prongs 2 2 are folded over the fork side, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, thus securing the upper end of the tag and making an additional obstruction to its ready removal.

It is desirable to make one of the holes 3 or 5 elongated, so as to secure their registering when fitted to various makes of fork sides, as shown in Fig. 4.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5 the securing mechanism is similar to that just described, except that the portion 4, with its opening 5, is dispensed with, and this form of tag may be placed in position by simply removing the securing-nut and placing the tag over the axle,wh'ich protrudes through the hole 3, and securing it-in place by threading the nut over it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bicycle license-plate consisting of a plate having prongs or arms bent around the fork side of the bicycle to embrace the same, and having its lower end secured by the nut on the axle of the bicycle.

2. A bicycle license-plate consisting of a plate having prongs or arms bent around the fork side of the bicycle to embrace the same, and provided with an aperture through which the axle of the bicycle-wheel passes, said plate having the axle-nut bearing thereagainst.

3. A bicycle license-plate consisting essentially of the plate 1, having the prongs 2 at its upper end for engagement with the fork side of a bicycle and the lower end of said plate being formed by a, return-bend and proname to this application in the presence of vided with holes 3 and 5, which register with two subscribing witnesses.

each other and are adapted to receive the front axle of the bicycle, the openings 3 and JOSEPH FISHER 5 5 being on opposite sides of the fork side, sub- Witnesses: v

stantially as shown and described. O. E. HO-DDIOK,

In testimony whereof I have signed my DANIEL MCINTOSH. 

